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                       F           Percentage of fine particles < 3 µm
                       F           Buoyant force
                        B
                       F           Drag force
                        D
                       F           Gravitational force
                        G
                       F´          Liquid flow rate
                       f           Fanning friction factor
                       g           Gram, or gravitation acceleration
                       G           Gas flow rate
                       g           Gravitation acceleration constant
                        c
                       h           Height
                       H           Enthalpy
                       HC          Hydrocarbon
                       HCHO        Formaldehyde
                       K           Boltzmann’s constant
                       K´          Overall mass transfer coefficient
                       k           Constant
                       L           Length, or percentage of layer particles over 3µm
                       LDV         Light-duty vehicle
                       LDT1        Light-duty truck 1
                       LDT2        Light-duty truck 2
                       l           length
                       L´          Liquid-to-gas ratio
                       M           Slope of equilibrium line
                       MgO         Magnesium oxide
                       N           Number; number of strokes per minutes, or number density
                       N           Drop concentration, or initial drop number density
                        0
                       n           Particle number density
                       N           Number of overall gas transfer units
                        OG
                       NMHC        Nonmethane hydrocarbon
                       NMOG        Nonmethane organic gases
                       NO          Nitrogen oxide
                       NO          Nitrogen oxides
                          x
                       p           Pressure
                       pH          Log hydrogen ion concentration
                       q           Charge on particle
                       Q           Heat energy, or charge on droplet
                       Q           Boiler heat input
                        boiler
                       R           Radial distance or radius of wet spherical droplet
                       R           Radial distance to liquid of boiler
                        B
                       R           Radial distance to liquid of condenser
                        C
                       Re          Drop Reynolds number
                       SO          Sulfur dioxide
                         2
                       T           Absolute temperature
                       THC         Total hydrocarbon
                       U           Mean gas velocity
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